Community notes: June 24-30, 2015
Award-winning authors BECKLEY - West Virginia authors, publishers and poets will converge at Tamarack for a weekend of collaboration, education and information on June 26 and 27. On Friday, Headline...
View ArticleState official says foreign trade trips worth the cost
By Phil Kabler Investments linked to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's trade mission to Japan in 2012 alone have exponentially exceeded the costs of that trip, as well as costs of a trade mission to Europe in...
View ArticleLaurie Lin: A sweet victory for property rights
Marvin and Laura Horne were only asking to keep their raisins. The Hornes, farmers in California, wanted to sell all the dried grapes they produced, but every year some of their crop was seized by a...
View ArticleThomas Sowell: Clinton's history speaks volumes
There are no sure things in politics, but Hillary Clinton is the closest thing to a sure thing to become the Democrats' candidate for president in 2016.This is one of the painful but inescapable signs...
View ArticleEditorial: Tuition hikes can't continue unchecked
Students attending some West Virginia schools can soon expect to pay more in tuition.The state's Higher Education Policy Commission on Monday approved a nearly 10 percent in-state tuition hike at WVU,...
View ArticleEditorial: Legislators push back against EPA power grab
As the Environmental Protection Agency continues to exert regulatory pressure on West Virginia and other coal-producing states, elected officials here and elsewhere are putting some pressure of their...
View ArticleVent Line for June 24, 2015
n CNN reports that female Viagra moves closer to approval. We can also put a man on the moon, develop nuclear power and use solar energy, but we can't cure diabetes or cancer. The reason of course, is...
View ArticleCommunity briefs for June 24, 2015
The Hurricane Fire Department Carnival begins today and runs nightly from 6:30 to 11 p.m. through Saturday at Hurricane High School. For more information, call 304-562-5663. The Huntington Area Hiking...
View ArticleWV town's story appears on storefront exhibit
By Lexi Browning A town's story is now on display on its shops' windows. Thirteen storefront windows of an abandoned building in downtown Welch are being covered with four-by-nine-foot photographs...
View ArticleCharles H. Clark, M.D.
Charles H. Clark, M.D. FACS passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 27, at Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard University Main Campus, 2455...
View ArticleCoalton Lee Cassell
Coalton Lee Cassell was born June 15, 2015 and passed peacefully in the arms of his parents on June 21, 2015. Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Arbovale,...
View ArticleJames "Jim" Booth
Heaven gained another angel Friday, June 19, 2015 when Jim, 64, lost his battle with cancer.He was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather. Jim will be remembered for managing Roll Arena and then...
View ArticleMatthew D. Bergdorf
Matthew Dale Bergdorf, 38, of Ripley, passed away suddenly on June 20, 2015 at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley.He was born Oct. 1, 1976 in Marietta, Ohio, the son of Dale Ellis Bergdorf of Ripley and...
View ArticleGladys M. Bergdorf
Gladys Marie Bergdorf, 66, of Ripley, passed away June 22, 2015 at Thomas Memorial Hospital, Charleston, following an extended illness.She was born Jan. 6, 1949 in Rock Castle, the daughter of the...
View ArticleRay C. Bell Jr.
Ray C. Bell Jr., 67, of Falls View, died June 20, 2015. He was born Dec. 25, 1947 in Longacre, and was the son of the late Ray C. and Margaret Bell Sr. He was also preceded in death by his son, Chris...
View ArticleAmanda K. Barnett
Amanda Katherine Barnett, "Momaw Kate," 97, of Charleston, went on her final journey, peacefully at home, Sunday, June 20. She is reunited with her husband, Elben, who passed in 1999.She was born Oct....
View ArticleBenjamin Dwight Ball
Benjamin Dwight Ball, 32, of Lake, died June 21, 2015. Service will be 3 p.m. Thursday, June 25, at Freeman Funeral Home, Chapmanville, with visitation beginning two hours prior.
View ArticlePyper Jade Adkins
Pyper Jade Adkins, 1 month old, of Chapmanville, went home to be with the Lord on June 19, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 26, at Freeman Funeral Home, Chapmanville, with visitation...
View ArticleFunerals for: June 24, 2015
Aliff, Bettie L. Noon, Sophia First Baptist Church, Sophia.Bell, Ray C. Jr. 7 p.m., O'Dell Funeral Home, Montgomery.Bush, James L. Sr. 11 a.m., Dodd & Reed Funeral Home, Webster...
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